37. 'Day three of the Schwab summit and the pace is quickening as we try to juggle lots of sessions, conversations in the hall with Google, Reuters, and fellow entrepreneurs, and preparation for Davos...' weforum.org/agenda/2007/01…
47. Yuval Noah Harari - Professor, Department of History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
48. Neil Ferguson - Professor of Mathematical Biology, Division of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care, Imperial College London. weforum.org/people/neil-fe…
52. Gordon Brown -United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education; Chair, International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity, The Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown... weforum.org/agenda/authors…
56. Paulo Coelho - UN Messenger of Peace and EU Ambassador for Culture 2008; Special Adviser, UNESCO Programme on Spiritual Convergences and Intercultural Dialogues. Member of the Board: Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship... weforum.org/people/paulo-c…
Marina Abramović- Spirit Cooker & Satanist💀☠
23 September 2023 - 1 January 2024
Main Galleries | Burlington House
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS - RA !!!!
WHY is she given such prominence?
WHO funds her?
The RA in its 'unique location' is 'surrounded by auction houses, commercial galleries and neighbouring collections.'
'Performance Art' - What is this REALLY?
'Marina Abramović Hon RA has earned worldwide acclaim as a performance artist. She has consistently tested the limits of her own physical and mental endurance in her work, subjecting herself to exhaustion, pain and even the possibility of death.
In her early work Rhythm 0, Abramović invited audiences to freely interact with her however they chose – famously resulting in a loaded gun being held to her head. Her later work The House with the Ocean View saw the artist live in a house constructed in a gallery for 12 days. Held in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, the performance invited audiences to witness and share in the simple act of living.
This major exhibition presents key moments from Abramović’s career through sculpture, video, installation and performance. Works such as The Artist is Present will be strikingly re-staged through archive footage while others will be reperformed by the next generation of performance artists, trained in the Marina Abramović method.
Live performance art can be both startling and intimate. For Abramović it also has the power to be transformative. Experience this yourself through performances of Imponderabilia, Nude with Skeleton, Luminosity and The House with the Ocean View.
Different works will be reperformed during the run of the exhibition, so no two visits will be the same.'
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Mohsen Mostafavi -
'His work focuses on modes and processes of urbanization and on the interface between technology and aesthetics.' web.archive.org/web/2010121110…
Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. web.archive.org/web/2010121110…
Ecological urbanism : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
'While climate change, sustainable architecture, and green technologies have become increasingly topical, issues surrounding the sustainability of the city are much less developed. The premise of the book is that an ecological approach is urgently needed both as a remedial device for the contemporary city and an organizing principle for new cities..' 🙄 archive.org/details/ecolog…
Fairytale Forest (18+) #Symbolism #Fairytales #RedShoes #Disney
Brothers Grimm/ Charles Perrault/ Anton Pieck/Willy Vandersteen
1. The Fairytale Forest (Sprookjesbos in Dutch) is a 15-acre wooded section of the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands, where a number of well-known fairy tales and fairy tale figures are depicted by animatronics and buildings. Most of the figures are inspired by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Charles Perrault.
2. ‘Charles Perrault (January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales, published in his 1697 book Histoires ou contes du temps passé. The best known of his tales include "Little Red Riding Hood", "Cinderella", "Puss in Boots", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Bluebeard".’